Description
Lewis has captured and articulated a method of working with patients that is at once intuitive to seasoned practitioners, while also directing them to novel areas of thinking about and working with patients. -- John Z. Sadler, M.D., author of Values and Psychiatric Diagnosis This fascinating book throws new light on the potential of psychiatry to help patients navigate today's complex world. Lewis offers practical and effective ways to incorporate therapies that-while not denying the merits of pharmaceutical remedies-can draw on the immense benefits of helping patients build narrative accounts of their lives. -- Emily Martin, Ph.D., author of Bipolar Expeditions Lewis achieves a dazzling unity of the sciences, the stories, and the craft of the human search not only for health but for meaning. What a doctor he must be, to face the suffering, to recognize the one who suffers, to bring to bear on that suffering a bounty of knowledge within a wealth of frames. This book not only opens doors for a discipline; it speaks to all of us of freedom. -- Rita Charon, M.D., Ph.D., author of Narrative Medicine
About the Author
Bradley Lewis, M.D., Ph.D., is an associate professor of medical humanities and cultural studies at New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, with affiliated appointments in the Department of Psychiatry and the Center for Bioethics. He is an associate editor for the Journal of Medical Humanities and the author of Moving beyond Prozac, DSM, and the New Psychiatry.
Reviews
"Lewis has captured and articulated a method of working with patients that is at once intuitive to seasoned practitioners, while also directing them to novel areas of thinking about and working with patients." (John Z. Sadler, M.D., author of Values and Psychiatric Diagnosis)"
Book Information
ISBN 9780801899027
Author Bradley Lewis
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 476g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 21mm